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CookieRun: New World unveiled as franchise hits 300M players and more than $1B in lifetime revenue

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 20, 2026
2 min

Devsisters announced CookieRun: New World as an open-world adventure game coming for mobile, PC and consoles. The Unreal Engine game is the latest in...

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Resident Evil Requiem brought the house down in February | Circana

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
March 20, 2026
3 min

Resident Evil Requiem, the ninth numbered entry and thirteenth mainline game in the 30-year-old series, debuted as the best-selling game of 2026 in February,...

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Savvy Games Group confirms purchase of Moonton Games from ByteDance for over $6 billion (updated)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 20, 2026
2 min

ByteDance has reportedly agreed to sell Moonton Games, to Savvy Games Group, according to a report in Bloomberg. [Update: Savvy also confirmed that it...

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Roblox moves to take a cut of all brand integrations on its platform | exclusive

Posted byby Alexander Lee
March 20, 2026
5 min

Roblox is coming for creators’ brand integration dollars. Starting next year, Roblox will begin charging creators a fee to publish brand integrations inside their...

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Genies and Sanrio partner on AI-enabled character experiences

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 20, 2026
2 min

Genies, the AI avatar tech company powering interactive digital identity, has entered into a strategic partnership with Sanrio, the company behind Hello Kitty. Sanrio is...

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Will Savvy’s acquisitions slow down? No way | Brian Ward exclusive interview

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 20, 2026
13 min

Savvy Games Group has been the tip of the spear for Saudia Arabia’s rapid expansion into gaming. It was started by parent firm Saudi...

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Zepeto teams up with Bratz Dolls on digital runway

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 20, 2026
2 min

Global avatar social platform Zepeto, which has over 400 million registered users, announced a collaboration with the fashion doll brand Bratz. They will host...

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GeForce Now adds Crimson Desert and 90 FPS cloud games on VR devices

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 19, 2026
2 min

Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service is offering 90 frames-per-second virtual reality games on a variety of VR headsets. And Crimson Desert, which recently...

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Mabinogi turns 18 with new milestones for Nexon online game

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 19, 2026
3 min

Nexon America today announced the start of Mabinogi’s 18th anniversary celebration, marking nearly two decades of online fantasy adventures with its passionate global community....

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From LA startup to global powerhouse, Scopely’s 15 years of building people’s favorite games

Posted byby GamesBeat Studio
March 19, 2026
6 min

When Scopely launched in 2011, the mobile gaming industry was at a turning point. Smartphones were reshaping how people played games. Scopely’s co-CEOs, Walter...

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